Shower curtain retainer

Abstract

A base which can be attached to a wall adjacent to a tub holds a flat spring secured to the base, the distal end of which flat spring holds an end of a shower curtain firmly against the wall in order that dripping and splashing may be prevented as a result of the use of the shower. The flat spring has an arcuate tab on the underside of the distal end of the spring and a handle on the exterior side of the distal end of the spring in order that the spring may be manually lifted away from an engaged shower curtain to release the shower curtain from the wall as desired. A circular ring in the cap fixed to the proximal end of the spring engages a circular channel in the base to secure the cap, spring and base together with a pin in the cap passing through a hole in the proximal end of the spring and to engage a shaftway in the base to secure the spring, cap and base in engagement.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 
     
       1. A shower curtain retainer device adaptable for detachably fastening an end section of a shower curtain against a wall to which the device is mounted comprising a base member adaptable for permanent fastening to a wall,   a flat spring member fastened at its proximal end section to the base member so as to extend radically from said base member, said spring member shaped so that its distal end section bears against, under spring bias, a surface of the wall to which the base member is attached, such that   an end section of a shower curtain may be detachably engaged between said distal end section of the spring member and the said wall surface, together with   a cap member, said cap member being formed with means to detachably fasten the proximal end section of the spring member to the base member, wherein   a pin is attached to the cap member and passes through a hole in the proximal end section of the spring member to engage a shaftway in the base member, wherein   the cap has a circular flange formed with a front aperature attached to a bottom portion of the cap member and detachably engageable with a circular groove in the base member.   
     
     
       2. The retainer of claim 1, wherein the base member is formed with a horizontal slot in which the spring is mountable. 
     
     
       3. The combination as recited in claim 1, in which the cap member is formed of a resilient material.